Scoop-board for vehicle-bodies.



No. 718,019. PATENTED JAN. 6, 1903.. w. W. PATTERSON.

SCOOP BOARD FOR VEHICLE BODIES.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 20, 1902. RENEWED D30. 8, 1902.

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'NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM W. PATTERSON, OF MURRAYVILLE, ILLINOIS.

SCOOP-BOARD FOR VEHlCLE-BODlES.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent N 0. 718,019, dated January6, 1903.

Application filed January 20, 1902. Renewed December 8, 1902. Serial No.134,439. (No model.)

in closed or adjusted position, the inner ends T0 on whom it inc/yconcern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM W. PATTER- SON, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Murrayville, in the county of Morgan and tion anend-gate which is pivoted or hinged in the usual manner to the end ofthe vehiole-box and which ,is provided with wings which will close thespace between the endgate and the side pieces of the vehicle-box whensaid end-gate is lowered a certain distance, and thereby prevent theescape of the contents of the vehicle-box. The end-gate is constructedwith a centrally-located hinged panel, whereby access to the vehicle-boxmay be obtained without the necessity of lowering the end-gate.

The object of the invention is to provide a device of this characterwhich shall be simple of construction, durable in use, and comparativelyinexpensive of production.

With this and other objects in view the invention consists of certainnovel features of construction, combination, and arrangement of parts,which will be hereinafter more fully described, and particularly pointedout in the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of aWagon-box, illustrating the application of the invention. Fig. 2 is alongitudinal vertical sectional view showing in dotted lines the panelswung upwardly.

Fig. 3 is a similar view showing the end-gate used as a scoop-board, andFig. 4 is a trans verse fragmentary section on line or scof Fig. 2.

In the drawings, 1 denotes a wagon-box, and 2 an end-gate hinged at itslower end to the rear end'of the wagon-box and provided with side wings3, which serve to prevent the contents of the box from falling out whensaid end-gate is lowered into position for use as a scoop board. Chains1 or other suitable means are employed for holding the end-board of saidchains being connected by staples 5 to the sides of the wagon and theother ends being provided wi th hooks which pass through the staples 9,secured to the wings. The endgate is provided centrally with an opening,which is closed by a panel 10. This end-gate is provided withstrengthening cross-bars 11 and 12 and the panel with a cross-bar l3.Hinges 1 L connect the cross-bars 11 and 13 and permit of the panelbeing swung upwardly to obtain access to the wagon-box when it isdesired and after unfastening the chains allow the end-gate to swingdownwardly. Any suitable means may be employed for holding the panel inits elevated position. For instance, I may provide the panel with a stud15, which is adapted to coact with the spring-catch 16, secured to theend-gate near its upper end, and when said panel is elevated this catchwill hold it in that position. .When the panel is in closed position, itmay be held in any suitable manneras, for instance, by providing theend-gate adjacent to the side walls of the opening with spring-catches17, which are adapted to engage Wear-plates 18, secured to cross-bars19, carried at the lower end of the panel. Short cross-pieces 19' aresecured to the end-gate and form a continuation of the cross-piece 19and have their inner ends formed with notches or. recesses 20 to allowan outward or lateral yielding movement of the spring-catch when thepanel is swung downwardly in closed position.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings, the construction, mode of operation, andadvantages of the invention will be readily understood without requiringa more extended explanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and details of construction maybe made within the scope of the invention without departing from thespirit or sacrificing any of the advantages thereof. t

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

As an article of manufacture, an end-gate for wagons adapted to behinged at its lower end to the box of the wagon, said end-gatecomprising the following essential elements: a panel constituting aportion of the end-gate and hinged to the upper end thereof, wings fixedto the sides of the end-gate, a fixed stud carried by the panel near itsupper end, a spring-hook carried by the upper end of the end-gate andadapted to engage the stud and hold the end-gatein open position, andspringcatohes carried by the end-gate and adapted to hold the panel inclosed position, substan- Io tially as setforth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM W. PATTERSON.

Witnesses:

A. H. KENNEDY, W. J. BoWN.

